Ben – Pirates with Ben

Ben started the topic Playing vs Collecting in a Digital Age in the forum Pirates CSG 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

The gap between playing and collecting continues to widen. As prices have risen over the past handful of years, some sets have become quite expensive and scarce. Bidding wars on eBay over the past few years have been intense, with many items going for much more than their original MSRP. Even Ocean’s Edge has become more expensive.

On the ot…[Read more]
Ben wrote a new post, High Scoring Game – VASSAL action of May 4th, 2018 3 hours, 5 minutes ago

High Scoring Game – VASSAL action of May 4th, 2018
Another game was played between A7XfanBen and JohnLock.

I went first with The Jades can use Calypso too! JohnLock followed with a Pirate fleet comprising so […]
Ben wrote a new post, VASSAL Introduction for CaptainJohnLock – April 27th, 2018 3 hours, 16 minutes ago

This was the VASSAL introduction game for captainjohnlock! (JohnLock on VASSAL)

He went first with an English fleet, I followed with the French. We used a 40 point build total with no crew to keep it simple. […]
Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 1 day ago

I finally figured out how to make the Command the Oceans tag archives page not have a sidebar. Makes for a much more immersive and grand experience, especially with the full size pictures. The change also applies to all the other Tag archives, which I like better than I had thought. Feel free to say if you prefer having a sidebar or not on the…[Read more]
Ben wrote a new post, Fire and Steel 10th Anniversary Game – April 9th, 2018 1 day, 4 hours ago

April 9th is the 10th anniversary of Fire and Steel being released. Xerecs and I played a little “celebratory” game to commemorate the anniversary. (not sure if this particular set is worth celebrating… […]
Ben wrote a new post, Rise of the Fiends 10th Anniversary Game – January 2018 1 day, 4 hours ago

This was an utter fiasco.

1/27/2018

January 30th marks the 10th anniversary of Rise of the Fiends being released!

To celebrate the occasion, a 5 player “game” has been played on VASSAL! XD

The […]
Ben replied to the topic The non-eBay Sales & Trades thread in the forum Pirates CSG 1 day, 5 hours ago

HWG is now selling OE at $2/pack. Used to be $38 for 36 packs. But the Plunder Pack is now on sale for $35.
Ben started the topic Old Wizkids site via the Internet Archive in the forum Pirates CSG 1 day, 15 hours ago

I’ll just leave this here…. 😀

Trip down memory lane for those of you who knew the original site back in the day.
Ben replied to the topic The Random Topic Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 1 day, 23 hours ago

This water is beyond gorgeous….
Ben wrote a new post, 3 Time Zones, 3 Players – VASSAL game of December 29th, 2017 2 days, 3 hours ago

3 Time Zones, 3 Players – VASSAL game of December 29th, 2017
Just played a 3 player VASSAL game with Anthony and Xerecs! With Anthony in Italy, myself in New York, and Xerecs in California, we played over 3 time […]
Ben wrote a new post, New Pirate in Italy – VASSAL game on December 27th, 2017 2 days, 3 hours ago

Just taught Anthony how to play and we played his first-ever game of Pirates!! A New Pirate in Italy!

I went first with my SM English fleet, while he used Woelf’s SM Spanish fleet.

Ironically, all the shi […]
Ben replied to the topic The non-eBay Sales & Trades thread in the forum Pirates CSG 2 days, 16 hours ago

I keep wondering if kelz0r.dk might have some stock left. It’s a site I found while doing some online “digging” as I am wont to do every few months or so (really crazy what you can find sometimes if you look hard/long enough). There were various posts at MT in 2017 or 2018 talking about how they had sold most of their stuff to DAcardworld, bu…[Read more]
Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 2 days, 16 hours ago

Punched lot with a decent amount of SCS

A little surprised nobody has bid on this yet: CC and RV SR’s
Ben wrote a new post, Teaching a new player on Christmas Eve! (no Sleigh haha) (12/24/2017) 2 days, 19 hours ago

I played a game on Christmas Eve after teaching a new player how to play Pirates! I don’t have the Sleigh or Captain Whitebeard (not that they’re legal of course), but getting them out for a brand-new player would […]
Ben wrote a new post, Pirates of the Caribbean Pocketmodels – 10th Anniversary Game (11/15/2017) 2 days, 19 hours ago

Pirates of the Caribbean Pocketmodels – 10th Anniversary Game
Here is a game to celebrate the 10th anniversary (November 6th) of the Pirates of the Caribbean set!

Only PotC game pieces were allowed, except fo […]
Ben replied to the topic Most underrated faction? in the forum Pirates CSG 2 days, 19 hours ago

I’m not sure even the Pirates can match the sheer quantity of cheap, fast ships the Corsairs can put on the board.

The Pirates can, but the Corsairs are rich.

I wonder if collecting issues are really to blame – it’s hard to appreciate a fleet you can’t play, and finding the necessary generic crew for the Corsairs is like pulling teeth.< …

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Ben replied to the topic Introduce Yourself! Join the Crew! in the forum Pirates CSG 3 days, 7 hours ago

@Nenyone: Welcome aboard! If you find your original collection, that should help you get up and sailing, and playing.

My favorite vessel was the HMS Cygnet, if someone could remind me what expansion she came from or a place I could find a new cygnet, I’d be happier than a Schooner with Slippery Sails.

A fine ship indeed, I like her as well. She…[Read more]
Ben replied to the topic The Random Topic Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 3 days, 19 hours ago

I’m hoping to use points in play + gold as the win condition for the game I hope to start either this month or next month. More details may or may not follow… 😀
Ben wrote a new post, Points in Play + Gold – An Intriguing House Rule 3 days, 19 hours ago

Points in Play PLUS Gold for the win – An Intriguing House Rule
This “points in play” thing is a concept I started really liking in 2017, and now it’s one of my favorite house rules despite needing more time to […]
Ben started the topic The Videos Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 3 days, 20 hours ago

Here’s a thread where anyone can share videos about Pirates CSG, whether it’s your video or not.

My channel has 221 subscribers and 343 videos as of this post. I do plan to make some new content over the next month or so.

Just found this video – pretty cool!
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